OO Devs,
On of the biggest problems in oo-writer is trying to place indents or tabs
on the ruler at the same location. The reason is there is no snap-to-grid or any
kind of snap to major or minor tick marks in the rule. There is no constraint at
all on horizontal positioning which leave the user trying to position tabs on a
"pixel" basis which results in tabs placement being visibly misaligned and
difficult to fix.
For instance, if I position a tab at say, the 1/2 inch mark on one
paragraph, since there is no snap that causes the tab to position at exactly .5
inch, the tab may very well end up positioned anywhere between .47 inch to .53
inch. A few paragraphs down, the same thing occurs and the tab placement is
again guess work any where between .47-.53 because nothing helps the tab get set
at exactly 1/2 inch.
In all other word processors the ruler has a snap feature that "helps" users
place the tab by constraining tab placement to say 1/16 inch intervals or some
major-minor grid pattern in the ruler. If the user needs or wants unconstrained
placement, then holding the shift or alt key usually disables the snap-to-grid
alignment.
This would be the most apparent fix for oo-writer in a long time. Thanks.

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